Promoting the Educational Achievement of Mexican American Young Women

1996 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian A. Aguilar
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Educational Achievement

Interpersonal and Personal Factors Influencing Sexual Debut Among Mexican-American Young Women in the United States

2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 495-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa L. Gilliam ◽  
Amy Berlin ◽  
Mike Kozloski ◽  
Maida Hernandez ◽  
Maureen Grundy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Sexual Debut ◽  
The United States ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Factors Influencing

Counterfeit Social Capital and Mexican-American Underachievement

2003 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert K. Ream
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
High Mobility ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Social Implication ◽  
Racial Ethnic

A critical issue facing U.S. schools and one with broad social implication is the persistent disparity in educational achievement between racial/ethnic groups. The achievement gap may be particularly pronounced for Mexican-Americans who constitute the vast majority of U.S. Latinos and are among the most educationally at risk of all Latino subgroups. By employing mixed-methods research techniques, this study shows that social network instability accompanying high mobility rates may contribute to Mexican-American underachievement. Moreover, this investigation challenges wholly beneficial and ecumenical notions of social capital. Mexican-origin youth in possession of what on the surface appears to be a valued form of social currency may actually be the unwitting recipients of a form of counterfeit social capital that impinges on their school success. Efforts to reduce unnecessary and reactive student mobility and increase the stock of beneficial forms of social capital (while rooting out its impostors) may deserve policy consideration.

scholarly journals Mexican Immigrant Mother-Daughter Conversations: Sexual Delay as a Path to Educational Achievement

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-95
Author(s):  
Laura F. Romo ◽  
Aída Hurtado
Keyword(s):  
Mexican American ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Educational Success ◽  
Sexually Active ◽  
Mexican Immigrant ◽  
Immigrant Mothers ◽  
Immigrant Mother ◽  
Self Sufficiency

In this article, we examine through quantitative and qualitative analyses Mexican immigrant mothers’ conversations about dating and sex with their teenage daughters who were not sexually active at the time of the study. The results of our mixed-methods study indicate that mothers give their daughters consejos (advice) restricting sex initiation embedded within messages that stress the importance of education as a means to achieve self-sufficiency and freedom. These messages of sexual restriction for the purpose of educational achievement and liberation are important for building a bridge of collaboration with teachers and schools to ensure the educational success of Mexican American female students. Our study examines whether the mothers’ consejos on sexual delay to achieve educational success results in their daughters’ postponement of sexual engagement for another year. We conclude by outlining the implications of our findings for teacher training.

Severe Paradoxical Dysphonia in Two Young Women

1993 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 52-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Collins ◽  
Robert McDonald ◽  
Robert Stanley ◽  
Timothy Donovan ◽  
C. Frank Bonebrake
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Therapeutic Regimen ◽  
Instrumental Data ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This report describes an unusual and persistent dysphonia in two young women who had taken a therapeutic regimen of isotretinoin for intractable acne. We report perceptual and instrumental data for their dysphonia, and pose a theoretical basis for the relationship of dysphonia to this drug. We also provide recommendations for reducing the risk of acquiring a dysphonia during the course of treatment with isotretinoin.

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